Instructions Card

Finally got round to printing the instructions card I made in Illustrator. It uses the same background image as the Control Panel (originally from a Defender marquee).

Heres a close up - the print quality is pretty good for a home printer. I used some sticky back plastic to cover it and it went on with minimum bubbles :



Heres a shot of the whole cab (shame about the flash - I have no idea how to use a camera) :


And heres yet another shot in case you wanted more :

I need to put my thinking cap on now as I've done just about everything I planned to do. Theres lots that could have been done better but I think I've done okay with my limited skillz ! Those old enough to remember what a CSE is (no, not a GCSE) pobably won't be surprised to know that I got a CSE 4 in woodwork at school. That killed any dream I had of being a carpenter. Good job I bought a ZX Spectrum with my brother when I was 13 !!!!!

Tournament Nite 10

Tourney Nite 10 was held at Buks' house in Leeds last night. Balki has high hopes of winning back the trophy but would his desire for fame and fortune cost him dearly ?

Yes.

Game on !

• First up was Combat School. We played this as a two player rather than taking a game each. Which kind of makes it more fun as this is a Track & Field type button bashing game. It was looking good for Buks in the first round as Balki cocked up the first event. But disaster struck buks on the third event when he managed to capsise his boat and Balki streamed ahead. One up to Balki. The second round was a complete disaster for Buks as his shooting skills left him trailing behind once more. 2 - 0 to Balki.
• Next up was Neo Turf Masters. Weird game this - we played a 2 player "Match Up" game and seemed pretty even but as soon as one of us dropped a shot it wanted more coins. So it was basically a case of play the game till someone dropped a shot then the point went to the other player. Bit crap really. We should have played 9 holes per round and awarded the points to the winner. Anyway, it finished 2-1 up to Buks.
• Smash TV was next. I had high hopes of taking a 2-0 victory on this but Balki had been practicing. He even said "I like Smash TV - its not as hard as Robotron" which defeated the whole point of picking this game ! Anyway, Balki took first blood again but Buks managed to pull back the last 2 games to finish 2-1 up.
• Into the last game at 4-4 - Snow Brothers. this was going to be tight ! Both Buks and Balki claimed to be "Rubbish" at this game. Balki scored an appaling 5750 on his first round - followed by a lot of swaering (Balki) and a lot of laughter (Buks). Buks had beaten this score by the second screen and then went on to score a personal best but was defeated by the boss level. Balki then "pulled one out of the bag" and beat my previous round score but he was also defeated by the boss level. Balki had gone for the extra bonuses and combos which meant Buks had to follow suit for the 2nd round. Which he did. Defeating the boss at the end of level one and then clearing the next two screens saw the trophy once more staying with Buks.

A great laugh last night, but maybe more fun when you win ?

	PL1 Buks			PL2 Balki
Combat School	1	1		0	0
Neo Turf Masters	0	1	1	1	0	0
Smash TV	1	0	0	0	1	1
Snow Brothers	0	0		1	1

Next weeks Tourney games announced

Next week will be the 10th Tournament ! how many hours have we wasted playing games ? !!!

Balkis first choice is Neo Turf Masters. A pretty decent golf game and should be a laught with a 2 player game. This one uses buttons rather than a trackball so we should be able to play it :)

Buks chose Smash TV partly because Balki is so bad at Robotron therefore he shouldn't offer up myuch resistance with Smash TV. The gameplay in this game is awesome. I just wish I was any good at it.

Balkis 2nd choice game is Snow Brothers. Very similar to Bubble Bobble but different enough to be fun.








Combat School is Buks' final choice. A button basher a bit like Track & Field but not quite as fun.

Practice has already started and with a week to go we should be posting some very high scores. Yeah right... :)